⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q3 5:33 · LAL 68-63 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 0:57 · LAL 72-66 BOS
- Technical
Rick Fox Double Technical Foul. Mark Blount gains possession.
Q3 0:57 · LAL 72-66 BOS
- Missed FT
Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:48 · LAL 102-94 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 0:01 · LAL 23-31 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 32 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 0 |
